The man accused of plowing his car into a crowd outside a Los Angeles nightclub, wounding dozens of people over the weekend, was hit was 74 felony charges on Tuesday, including 37 counts of attempted murder.
Fernando Ramirez, 29, has also been charged with 37 counts of assault with a deadly weapon, L.A. County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said in a press release.
He’s currently being held without bail and is scheduled to be arraigned on Wednesday.
Ramirez is accused of intentionally driving his car into a large crowd of people standing outside The Vermont Hollywood nightclub at around 2 a.m. on Saturday. He also crashed into a taco truck and a valet stand nearby.
Ramirez was then pulled from his Nissan Versa, beaten by witnesses and shot during the melee. He was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, though details about his condition have not been made available.
According to the D.A., a total of 37 people were wounded as a result of the incident. Seven people were hospitalized in critical condition, six were seriously wounded and 10 were listed in fair condition on Saturday.
Their injuries ranged from minor abrasions to serious fractures and broken bones, but all were expected to survive. By Sunday evening, only one person remained in critical but stable condition.
Earlier in the night, Ramirez was allegedly intoxicated and had been kicked out of the club over a fight, reported NBC Los Angeles, citing two LAPD sources. He later returned to the venue and started fighting again, the sources said. After he was thrown out a second time, he reportedly got into his car and drove into the crowd that was gathered outside.
“(The crash) turned a popular nightlife district into a scene of trauma and fear,” LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell said at a Tuesday press conference.
Police are still investigating who shot Ramirez after the crash. The suspected shooter, identified only by police as a male in a blue jersey with a silver revolver, fled the scene.
Ramirez, who has a lengthy criminal history, faces multiple life sentences in state prison if convicted.
At the time of the crash, he was out on bail in a separate domestic violence case out of Orange County, Hochman said Tuesday. Ramirez was also previously convicted of assault, battery, petty theft, child abuse and endangerment, according to ABC Los Angeles.
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